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How to properly add a Fragment to an Activity so that you can handle orientation changes
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private static final String TAG_MY_FRAGMENT = "myFragment"; | |
private MyFragment mFragment; | |
@Override | |
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { | |
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); | |
setContentView(R.layout.activity_adding_fragments); | |
if (savedInstanceState == null) { | |
// The Activity is NOT being re-created so we can instantiate a new Fragment | |
// and add it to the Activity | |
mFragment = new MyFragment(); | |
getSupportFragmentManager() | |
.beginTransaction() | |
// It's almost always a good idea to use .replace instead of .add so that | |
// you never accidentally layer multiple Fragments on top of each other | |
// unless of course that's your intention | |
.replace(R.id.content_frame, mFragment, TAG_MY_FRAGMENT) | |
.commit(); | |
} else { | |
// The Activity IS being re-created so we don't need to instantiate the Fragment or add it, | |
// but if we need a reference to it, we can use the tag we passed to .replace | |
mFragment = (MyFragment) getSupportFragmentManager().findFragmentByTag(TAG_MY_FRAGMENT); | |
} | |
} | |
... | |
public void myMethod() { | |
// Later on in the code we can do something with the Fragment | |
mFragment.doSomething(); | |
} |
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